[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: Traveling Advice

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Julie, 
I'll bite. 
What happened that made you notifying about your guide dog a disaster?
I'm curious.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Julie J
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:07 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [nagdu] Traveling Advice

I don't give advance notice of my blindness or my guide dog unless I
will 
need some accommodation related to one or the other.  Like if I am going
to 
a conference and I need materials emailed to me in advance I will of
course 
tell them that I'm blind.  I have never informed a hotel ahead of time.
I 
haven't given advanced notice when flying either, but when I got to the 
first airport they made some sort of note in the computer, changed my 
seating and set up someone to meet me at each gate.  I don't think I
would 
have minded so much if this had actually been of help, but it turned out
to 
be a gigantic disaster.

I think the only way to figure out what works for you and what doesn't
is to 
just try out different things and see what happens.   some people choose
the 
advance notice option and some don't, I say if it works for you then
it's 
the right choice for you.

Julie



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